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With effect from 1st January 2024, Seattle’s minimum wage will rise to $19 …

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Massachusetts’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law is funded through employer and employee contributions …

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From the start of 2024 certain companies operating in the USA must report on persons owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of any class or category of profit ownership in a business, or who have (or may assert directly or indirectly) “substantial control” over a business – including “fractional executives” …

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The latest company substantially to raise pay levels is Volkswagen …

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Next year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service will be making available an extra 64,716 H-2B work visas – on top of its statutory annual cap of 66,000 …

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From 31st December 2023 Chicago city’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance will be in operation …

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The increasing freedom of unions to organise in the USA makes it remarkable that most workplaces are not being forced to the negotiating table …

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The Alaska minimum wage rate applies to all hours worked in a pay period, regardless of how the employee is paid – whether by time, piece, or commission …

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With effect from 1st January 2024, Missouri’s minimum wage will rise to $12 …

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The paid leave contribution rate for 2024 is 1% of employee wages and applies to up to maximum gross earnings of $168,600 …

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Employees taking Paid Family Leave (NYPFL) receive 67% of their average weekly wage, up to a cap of 67% of the current New York State Average Weekly Wage (NYSAWW) …

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The premium rate is currently 0 …

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During the pandemic the IRS was flooded with applications for ‘Employment Retention Credit’ (ERC) tax breaks – worth up to $7000 quarterly per employee …

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has at last adopted a definitive new rule …

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Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron meltdown to encourage whistleblowers to report misconduct that could threaten the finances of millions …

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